David Manners
Birthday: 1900-04-29
Place of Birth: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Biography: David Joseph Manners (born Rauff de Ryther Duan Acklom, April 30, 1900 – December 23, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor who played John Harker in Todd Browning's 1931 horror classic Dracula. The following year he portrayed the archaeologist Frank Whemple in another pre-Code thriller by Universal Pictures, The Mummy. Manners abandoned his film career in 1936, and his theatrical career seventeen years later.
Movies
Dracula
British estate agent Renfield travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is i...
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The Black Cat
After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Wer...
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them
A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair ...
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Roman Scandals
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asl...
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The Mummy
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds h...
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Journey's End
In France, 1917, an alcoholic captain is afraid that his new replacement, his sweetheart's brother, ...
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The Miracle Woman
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a p...
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Torch Singer
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and...
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A Bill of Divorcement
A World War I veteran returns home after fifteen years in an asylum and finds that everything has ch...
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to po...
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The Death Kiss
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to ...
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They Call It Sin
A young, innocent small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and th...
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Lady with a Past
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours abou...
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The Last Flight
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devast...
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Hearts in Bondage
Best friends Kenneth Reynolds and Raymond Jordan are U.S. Navy officers, and Kenneth is engaged to R...
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Beauty and the Boss
An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to...
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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook
A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods....
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The Many Faces of Dracula
Hosted by Christopher Lee, this documentary examines the different actors who have portrayed Dracula...
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The Girl in 419
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a ...
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The Moonstone
A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector C...
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From Hell to Heaven
The various residents and occupants of a resort hotel await the outcome of a horse race at a nearby ...
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The Perfect Clue
Mona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her fath...
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The Truth About Youth
A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him....
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The Right to Love
A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate....
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The Ruling Voice
A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime....
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Stranger in Town
Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-...
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The Millionaire
A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half int...
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The Devil's in Love
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. When military doctor Andr...
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Kismet
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to r...
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The Warrior's Husband
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hip...
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An Intimate Dinner in Celebration of Warner Bros. Silver Jubilee
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Bros. Pictures and their precocious offspring, Little Miss Vitaphone, host a din...
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A Woman Rebels
A defiant young woman struggles against the norms and morals established by Victorian society and en...
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He Knew Women
A novelist has to choose between his wealthy patron and a penniless romantic....
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Mothers Cry
Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious...
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Jalna
A young poet, accompanied by his new bride, returns home to his large family at their Canadian farm....
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The Luck of a Sailor
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. ...
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Sweet Mama
A young girl falls in love with a member of a gang of crooks. She determines to bring the rest of th...
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift thos...
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Lucky Fugitives
Jack Wycoff is a successful young author whose double is the notorious gangster Cy King. Mistakenly ...
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